Here we go again with the weight loss thing...
I know. Who wants to listen to anyone complain about
Anyway the scale has been reading 15... One fif... I can't even say it. One forty-nine-ish recently and that is way too much for me at 5 foot 3 inches. Plus all my summer clothes? Do.Not.Fit. Thanks winter clothes for being roomier and hiding my butt and love handles better. *grumble*
Oh and the kicker? My best friend informed me that she now weighs less than me. Like a lot less. If that's not motivation, I don't know what is.
So I plan start the Friday weigh-ins again since they worked so well last time around. Why the weight gain back? Well I stopped going to the gym and kept drinking too much Mountain Dew. And possibly eating too much fast food. Which is crazy because I hate fast food, why am I wasting precious calories on junk? Oh yeah, "fast" and it doesn't involve me cooking. So basically I'm lazy. Which is funny because most people think I'm anything but lazy. Let's go with "makes poor food and exercise choices".
See that's the real issue. I'm not really lazy, in fact I'm pretty darn busy. So what's easier and faster? A chicken sandwich from Burger King (time spent: 3 minutes) or making it myself (if fresh chicken is on hand, at least 10 minutes cooking time and usually they are frozen in my house so add in thaw time, then putting it all together equals another 2 minutes, cutting tomatoes and washing lettuce, etc) Also there's the "eating time". Eating a fast food meal can be done while driving to soccer/hockey/scouts/errands (which works out to like zero time spent) while sitting at home eating a salad takes hours in comparison.
So yeah if I'm worried about 10 minutes eating time, you can imagine how I'm going to fit any exercising into my day.
Time and planning ahead is going to be key in this diet success. I know what to eat, what to avoid, how to exercise, etc. It's just going to be finding the time to make the correct choices and get in some work out time.
The goal? To be 135 by the time we move to Indiana. The move date is set for June 14th so that gives me 5 weeks to lose about 14 pounds. (Ack, 5 weeks?) We'll just ignore the fact that it took me like 3 months to lose 10 pounds last time. Oh and the last 5 to 130 I'll deal with later, 19 pounds in 5 weeks is just insane.
This will work because I am motivated to fit back into my summer clothes and all my new neighbors know me as skinny Katie, not "slightly chubby, who does she think she is trying to squeeze into size 6 clothes?" Katie. I know I can do this especially since I'm making the ultimate sacrifice: No More Mountain Dew. I'll be asleep every night at 9pm but if less calories is what it takes, that's what I'm going to do. I also plan to start good work out habits the second we move to Indiana. Again with the vanity, we have a nearby community pool and bathing suit season will keep me on track for at least 3 months.
Oh and Steph? You're going down! *winks*
(Today's weight: 148.6 *sigh*)
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